Afton, Wyoming

Afton, Wyoming, in Lincoln county, is 76 miles SE of Idaho Falls, Idaho (center to center) and 371 miles NW of Denver, Colorado. There are 1,818 residents in the town.

The People and Families of Afton

In Afton, about 66% of adults are married. When people think of Afton, they might picture couples and families, not singles. The faces of the town are those of its large families. If you love being around young kids, you'll appreciate Afton.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Afton had a median family income of $43,400.

Afton Housing

As of 2000, the share of housing units in Afton that were owner-occupied was 79%. A nice place to visit? It seems so, since a larger share of the housing than in most places is for vacations and seasonal use.

Commuting

In Afton, 90% of commuters drive to work. Afton offers good opportunities for biking and walking, so if you're out of shape give those a try.

High Points

Afton strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Wyoming):

CategoryTrophy
Low Property Crime
(vs. State)
Top 5%Afton Low Property Crime
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 12%Afton Walking and Biking to Work


The listings in Afton, Wyoming and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(8) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(18) Outpatient
(6) Females
(7) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(8) Clients With Legal Issues
(4) Halfway House
(9) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(5) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(10) Teens and Adolescents
(5) Males
(1) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(2) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(2) Gay and Lesbian
(1) Seniors/Older Adults
(6) Spanish Speaking
(4) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(2) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(1) American Sign Language
(3) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(1) Mental Health Services



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Afton, Wyoming? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Afton and you don't know where to turn to for help? Addiction to any substance can be a very dark and lonely place, not just for the abuser but for anyone that cares about them. All hope is not lost; there are effective solutions out there. We can help you find a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Afton that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Afton is a perfect solution for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. Treatment will be geared towards helping the individual overcome their need to fix problems in their life with drugs and alcohol. Once they can grasp this, they will be able to cope with life situations more appropriately and resolve their problems without substances.

There are a variety of approaches to addiction treatment. Examples offered in Afton are Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers, Long-term Rehab Programs, Short-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, Inpatient Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Afton will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Afton, Wyoming to assist with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms which result when an addict discontinues use of a substance they are addicted to. Continued use of a psychoactive substance over time causes the brain to adapt to the presence of the drug, making the desired effect minimal. Physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops in this way. Over time, more and more of the addictive drug is required to get the same effect. Quitting an addictive drug abruptly causes serious withdrawal symptoms, which may take the body weeks or months to return to normal function. Withdrawing from hardcore drugs such as heroin can cause extremely severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, which can last for quite some time.

An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Afton will be able to administer a professional detox as well as assistance with psychological issues. These underlying psychological issues are at the root of all drug and alcohol addiction problems. Addressing this head on will decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a fully rehabilitated and contributing member of society. A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Afton, WY. has proven to be the most successful method for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center in Afton, follows a rigid, comprehensive program to ensure a successful recovery. This program addresses every aspect of addiction and every area where the person could be having trouble.

To ensure a lasting recovery, the individual must gain the knowledge, abilities and "life tools" to change their behavior and reaction to situations. The individual's program will be focused on strategies for returning home to Afton, from a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Afton. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Afton which may have prompted their drug use, as these same triggers can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors, if not addressed, can make it very hard for an individual to control their response to drug using impulses. Research has shown that an addict shows changes in the way their brain functions after having discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. Because of this, even an individual with the best of intentions may find it extremely hard to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment.

So you can see that a recovering addict has a lot to deal with when deciding to kick the habit. With triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, seeking help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a no-brainer.

A person that is serious about the decision to get sober should enroll in an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Afton, WY. Why fail again on your own? Why lose another friend or push a family member even further away? Why beg, cheat, and steal just to get drugs or alcohol, risking legal problems and jail time? You don't have to be depressed and unhappy because of excessive drug or alcohol use. There is help available, even for the most severe addicts.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Afton, Wyoming Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Afton, WY. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Afton, Wyoming:

Preston Counseling Preston, ID 55.8 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
CLUB Inc Idaho Falls, ID 57.8 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Curran Seeley Foundation Jackson, WY 58.8 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Meyers Counseling Services Idaho Falls, ID 66.9 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Behavioral Mental Health Services Logan, UT 74.0 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
MK Place Pocatello, ID 74.7 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Lighthouse for Recovery Chubbuck, ID 77.6 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Bear River Health Department Brigham City, UT 77.9 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
MK Place Adolescent Substance Abuse Pocatello, ID 79.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Pacific Rim Consulting LLC Pocatello, ID 79.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Access to Recovery
Addictions Rehabilitation Association Idaho Falls, ID 81.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Access to Recovery
Human Dynamics and Diagnostics LLC Idaho Falls, ID 81.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Mental Wellness Center Idaho Falls, ID 81.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Padron Counseling Services LLC Idaho Falls, ID 81.4 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
A to Z Family Services Malad, ID 85.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Alcoholic Rehabilitatioin Assocation Idaho Falls, ID 87.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Family Recovery Center Foundation Inc Idaho Falls, ID 87.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Idaho Youth Ranch Idaho Falls, ID 87.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Padron Counseling Services Idaho Falls, ID 87.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Upper Valley Resource and Counseling Sugar City, ID 92.3 miles from Afton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Access to Recovery

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Across geographic regions in 2005, underage current alcohol use rates were higher in the Northeast (31.4 percent) and Midwest (31.0 percent) than in the South (26.4 percent) and the West (26.0 percent). This pattern has remained essentially the same since 2002.

Teens aged 12 to 17 who had engaged in fighting or other delinquent behaviors were more likely than other teens to have used illegal drugs in the lifetime, past year, and past month. For example, in 2006, past month illegal drug use was reported by 17.3 percent of teens who had gotten into serious fights at school or work in the past year compared with 7.6 percent of those who had not engaged in fighting, and by 37.2 percent of those who had stolen or tried to steal something worth over $50 in the past year compared with 8.4 percent of those who had not engaged in such theft.

Like many addictive drugs, when the level of Xanax in the body falls below a certain threshold, uncomfortable symptoms will appear and another dose of the medication will need to be taken in order to feel "better".

Among the 5.1 million adults who reported an unmet need for mental health care and did not receive mental health services in the past year, several barriers to care were reported. These included an inability to afford care (42.7 percent), believing at the time that the problem could be handled without care (28.6 percent), not knowing where to go for care (19.8 percent), and not having the time to go for care (13.9 percent.

As in prior years, men were more likely to report current illegal drug use than women (8.7 vs. 5.5 percent) in 2001. However, rates of nonmedical psychotherapeutics use were similar for boys (2.2 percent) and girls (2.0 percent), consistent with previous findings for these drugs.

Among adults, past year prevalence of MDE was associated with race/ethnicity in 2005. The rate of MDE among persons aged 18 or older was lowest among Asians (3.6 percent). Rates for other groups were 10.1 percent among persons reporting two or more races, 9.4 percent among American Indians or Alaska Natives, 7.6 percent among whites, 7.0 percent among Hispanics, and 6.5 percent among blacks


The following survey was completed by residents of Afton, Wyoming as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Afton, Wyoming. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Afton, Wyoming.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Afton, Wyoming.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
Perception of Alcohol in Afton, Wyoming.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Afton, Wyoming?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
Most common first drug experience in Afton, Wyoming?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Use of drugs and alcohol in Afton, Wyoming schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Afton, Wyoming under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Afton, Wyoming under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Afton, Wyoming?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
Your Gender?
Female
Male
Surveys updated monthly.

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